🥭 Kevin Hernandez
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🥭 Kevin Hernandez

Hi, I earned my Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Rice University , graduating with Distinction in Research & Creative Works. At Rice, I worked in the Positive Technologies Lab (PTL) under the mentorship of Dr. Tirthak Patel. I’ve also worked at Columbia University’s Transformative Learning Technologies Lab (TLTL) and conducted ethnographic research on AI in dairy farming with Dr. Pamela Hinds in Stanford’s Management Science & Engineering department.

I am very curious about how language models and agentic system influence our decision-making, reliance, and deliberation. In turn, I design AI tools that surface hidden assumptions and encourage reflection with applications in work, the public sphere, and education.

Outside of work, I love to: 🍵🧗‍♀️🎹🎺📚🤸‍♂️🏋️‍♂️⛰️🚵

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News

I'll be joining The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) as a research intern in NYC🕵🏻🔎
Thu Jan 01 2026
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Our work has been accepted at the AI and Societal Robustness Conference (UK AI Forum, 2026) 🇬🇧
Fri Oct 31 2025
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Our work on QuantAid has been accepted to ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2026 :D !
Mon Jun 30 2025
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I was accepted and attended Harvard's Business School's SVMP Program!
Sat Jun 14 2025
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Excited to be joining the 2025 cohort of Científico Latino National Graduate Student Mentorship Initiative 💌
Sat May 31 2025
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Graduated from Rice with Distinction in Research & Creative Works !!!! 💐💝
Wed May 14 2025
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Had the oppurtunity to present my research at Rice OURI Shapiro Showcase and Rice Engineering Research Competition
Tue Apr 08 2025
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Very grateful to be awarded the R.K.M. “Bob” Dickson Prize: Social Impact Award!
Mon Mar 31 2025
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Thankful to the Rice Engineering Alumni for awarding me the Research Excellence Award! ($1,000)
Mon Mar 31 2025
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Received the Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program Honors Thesis Award ($1,000) for the completion of my honors thesis :p
Fri Feb 28 2025
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Met with Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn staffers' to discuss STEM research funding and AI policy on Capitol Hill 🇺🇸🦅
Fri Feb 14 2025
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Presented my work on QuantumAide at ACM SIGCSE 2025 :))
Fri Jan 31 2025
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So excited to be awarded the Owl Edge Fellowship to conduct research at Columbia University 👑 !! ($5,500 research grant)
Thu Feb 29 2024
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Research

Post-Deployment AI Incident Reporting: Pipeline and Principles

Kevin Hernandez*, Abdulrahman Alshaikhi*, Harleen Kaur Sidhu*, Isabel Hou*, Nour Annan*, Rebecca Scholefield*, Ze Shen Chin, Dr. Rokas Gipiškis
AI and Societal Robustness Conference Proceedings · 2026 · accepted

Developing a framework for post-deployment AI incident monitoring that defines, classifies, tracks, and reports failures for regulatory oversight

🔗 Project

Data Literacy, Logical Reasoning, Emotion in a Data Science Camp

Kevin Hernandez, Dr. Paulo Blikstein, Renato Russo
Columbia University TLTL Lab · 2024

Looking at critical data literacy research integrating emotion, logic, and AI during a community-based data science camp.

🖼️ Slides

Human–Automation Collaboration (HAC) Lab: Improving Usability in Self-Driving Simulations

Kevin Hernandez, Dr. Jing Chen
Rice University HAC Lab · 2023

Human-centered AI study on autonomous vehicles and driver vigilance retention

🔗 Project

Big Data on the Dairy: Human–AI Collaboration in Automated Agriculture

Kevin Hernandez, Dr. Pamela J. Hinds
Stanford University Hinds Lab · 2023

Ethnography on how big data/ML models are reshaping dairy occupations & organizations → informing theory on AI design + future of work

🔗 Project 🪧 Poster

High Quality Seats Mapping Tool for Houston ISD

Kevin Hernandez, Dr. Shannon Carter
January Advisors (Data Consulting for non-profits and government agencies) · 2023

This spatial mapping tool overlays education and demographic indicators across Houston’s geographic boundaries, helping us identify where to strategically focus our time, energy, and resources based on patterns across these data.

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Teaching & Mentoring

Presentations

Enhancing Quantum Computing Education with AI Chatbots: Bridging the Educational Gap.
  • SHPENational Convention UG Research Poster Symposium Competition. Anaheim, CA, November 1, 2024.
  • Rice OURI: Shapiro Showcase Research Competition, 10-minute Lighting Talks. Houston, TX, April 9, 2024.
  • Rice School of Engineering and Computing Student Research Competition. Houston, TX, February 20, 2025.
Data Literacy, Logical Reasoning, Emotion in a Data Science Camp
  • Columbia’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Research Poster Symposium. New York, NY, July 25, 2024.
Big Data on the Dairy: An Ethnographic Exploration of Technological Evolution in Dairy Farming
  • Stanford Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF): Poster Symposium & 15-minute Lighting Talks. Stanford, CA, August 17, 2023.

Causes I Support

ControlAI

Consider supporting efforts in mobilizing people and lawmakers to regulate the development of superintelligent!

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Giving What We Can

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The Opt Out Project

Yes, you can live a modern, digitally connected, twenty-first century life online without Big Tech

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